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Faculty, students win AIA St. Louis Design Awards

Pablo Moyano Fernández, Cody Heller, Kelley Van Dyck Murphy, Heidi Aronson Kolk, Jonathan Stitelman, and several students are among this year’s winners.

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‘Edward E. Boccia: Painter of Nightmares and Dreams’

Monograph and exhibition explore work of longtime WashU art professor

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Course Spotlight: Grounds for Play

Exploring how collaborative, play-based learning can generate more imaginative, inclusive, and responsive design outcomes, while strengthening connections between WashU and St. Louis.

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Two student projects win AIA Kansas Design Awards

AIA Kansas recognized two WashU student projects, both created as coursework for a studio partnering with The Land Institute.

A two-tiered cylindrical light-concrete structure featuring patterned circular cutouts and a curved spiral ramp, set in an open grassy field under a bright, softly clouded sky.

muted colors and figures across a triptych

A large group of students and children pose outdoors with modular wooden play structures on a lawn in front of a historic stone church.

Pablo Moyano Fernández, Cody Heller, Kelley Van Dyck Murphy, Heidi Aronson Kolk, Jonathan Stitelman, and several students are among this year’s winners.

Monograph and exhibition explore work of longtime WashU art professor

Exploring how collaborative, play-based learning can generate more imaginative, inclusive, and responsive design outcomes, while strengthening connections between WashU and St. Louis.

AIA Kansas recognized two WashU student projects, both created as coursework for a studio partnering with The Land Institute.

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Aug 10, 2022 • In the News

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Hurtling Through Space

On a bright green background, three mobile phone screens demonstrate an augmented reality app. The screens show ancient artifacts overlayed with text that addresses the object's complicated origin and acquisition story.

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2022-23 Fulbright Scholars Announced

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